DESCRIPTION

Interested in solving hard technical problems that have a direct impact on our business and customers? Do you enjoy the challenge of figuring out scalable and reusable technical solutions in the context of business problems with ever-growing complexity? We are looking for a talented Software Development Engineer to join the Digital Royalties and Vendor Payments team. We are a part of the Digital Acceleration org that enables Digital businesses like Books, Prime Video, Music, Appstore, Audible, Games, Alexa, etc. to launch new business lines and products. We are building the next generation Royalties and Vendor Payment solutions that will enable Amazon Digital businesses to automate royalty calculation, payment and accounting processes while meeting regulatory requirements.

You will work as a technical leader within the team and will independently define the architecture for the Next Gen financial automation programs. You will also influence the technical direction of other teams, both within the Digital Acceleration org and in partner businesses. This is a great opportunity to tackle some very interesting and complex architectural problems, innovate in the space and drive product direction. You will work with a team of passionate software engineers and will get an opportunity to learn from experienced technical leaders. You’ll work with state of the art technologies in the AWS, Big Data and Open Source spaces. A successful candidate will have an extensive background in building highly scalable, highly available services, strong technical skills, a motivation to achieve results in a fast paced environment, high creativity, and great analytical reasoning skills. If you enjoy cutting through ambiguity, creating strategic paths and obsessing over efficiency, write to us! We have just the right space for you to hit the ground running and fuel your growth!

We build systems that enable innovation and growth of Amazon’s Digital Businesses. Our systems enable royalty calculations and vendor payments for Kindle eBooks, Prime Video, Amazon Appstore, Amazon Music, Digital Software & Video Games and the ever expanding list of digital businesses at Amazon. We are looking for an SDE who can help set the technical strategy across multiple teams, and help expand our vision. You will be leading and building solutions that impact all digital businesses, working with smart engineers and leaders.

Key job responsibilities
As a Software Engineer, you will lead projects involving multiple teams in all aspects of the SDLC using an agile process. As the systems need to be built from the ground up, you will have an opportunity to make a long-lasting impact! To be successful in this position you will have a strong background in Algorithms, Data Structures, Java, and NoSQL. The ability to communicate clearly and concisely (both written and orally) and work well in a team are key competencies. You should be able to quickly adapt to new development environments, learn new systems, create reliable and maintainable code, and find creative and scalable solutions to difficult problems. Experience working with high-traffic, scalable services is a plus.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
– 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
– Experience programming with at least one software programming language

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
– Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent